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The newsletter for members of Clay Electric Cooperative, Inc. KILOWATTSEPTEMBER 2010 Candidates respond to energy questions pages 4-6 The people you send to Tallahassee and Washington will decide some critical energy Clay Electric employees Eddie Higginbotham (left) and Kenneth Carlton inspect sev- issues...page 3 eral vehicles that will be offered in an online auction beginning next month. Clay Electric’s vehicle & equipment auction Clay trustee Angus will be an online event (Oct. 14 - Nov. 8) Hastings honored... lay Electric will offer its annual vehicle and equipment auction as page 2 Can online event beginning on Oct. 14. The bidding ends Nov. 8. Last year’s auction event was online, and was well received. Members can obtain in- Several items add- formation about the co-op’s ed to energy rebate auction items (vehicles, tools, program...page 2 office equipment and miscel- laneous products) by visiting George Gideon Auctioneers’ web site (www.ggauctions. com). The auctioneer is located in Zellwood, Fla. Their phone number is (407) 889-2211 and their email is Continued on page 6 SEPTEMBER 2010 KILOWATT/1 IN BRIEF... NEWSCLAY TRUSTEE HONORED... KILOWATTSEPTEMBER 2010 Clay Electric board of trustees VOLUME 41 NUMBER 5 member Angus Hastings was hon- KILOWATT is published six times a year (in Janu- ary, March, May, July, September & November) ored during a regional meeting by Clay Electric Cooperative, Inc., Highway 100 of the Florida Electric Coopera- West, Keystone Heights, Florida, as an informa- tional and educational service to its member- tives Assn. in Clearwater on Aug. owners. SUBSCRIPTION RATE: $1 a year, to Clay 5. Statewide President William Electric members. Periodicals class postage paid at Keystone Heights, Fla. and at additional mailing Rimes presented Hastings with a offices. USPS 783-900; ISSN 1087-4747. flag that was flown over the Capi- BOARD OF TRUSTEES tol at the request of Congressman Meets Sept. 23 in Keystone Heights Allen Boyd, to honor Hastings’ at 12:30 p.m. service in World War II, and for Kelley Smith - President Palatka - District 2 his 35 years of service as NRECA Laura Dean - Vice President director for Florida. Hastings Angus Hastings with his awards. Keystone Heights - District 1 John Henry Whitehead - Secretary received a special flag certificate and the special flag, folded and Lake Butler - District 7 placed in a display box. He also received a hand-painted picture Susan Reeves - Treasurer Hawthorne - District 3 representing when electricity first arrived at the Hastings ranch. Carl Malphurs - Trustee Hastings served as president of the National Rural Electric Coop- Alachua - District 4 erative Association in 1981-82. He has served as chairman of the Robert Mullins - Trustee Starke - District 5 Florida ACRE program since its inception in 1966. He served as Floyd Gnann - Trustee chairman of the statewide Legislative and Public Affairs Commit- Middleburg - District 6 Cedrick Smith - Trustee tee for many years, and he has also served on the Cooperative Fi- Micanopy - District 8 nance Corporation’s board of directors. “It was truly an honor and Angus Hastings - Trustee an evening I’ll never forget,” Hastings said. “I truly thank Clay Fort McCoy - District 9 Electric’s members (in District 9) for electing me as their represen- Ricky Davis–General Manager & CEO Henry Barrow–Director tative on the board all these years.” Member & Public Relations Herman Dyal–Director SEVERAL ITEMS ADDED TO ENERGY REBATE PRO- Engineering GRAM... Several new items have been added to Clay Electric’s Chip Gray–Director Energy Smart Rebate Program to encourage members to use Human Resources Mark Maxwell–Director energy more efficiently. One new item is window film and an- Finance & Administrative Services other is radiant barriers. Window film will be rebated at $0.44 per Bruce McHollan–Director Information & Communication Technology square foot of glass. To qualify, the window film must provide a Howard Mott –Director SHGC of < .45 with film applied to southern, western and eastern Operations Cheryl Rogers–Director oriented windows. Rebates for radiant barriers will be calculated Internal Audit as the conditioned ceiling area (not roof area) at $0.28 per square Bill Thompson–Director foot. The radiant barrier must be hung from the roof rafters and District Operations not placed atop the attic insulation in order to qualify. The co-op DISTRICT MANAGERS Derick Thomas–Gainesville & Lake City is also offering a $200 rebate for the installation of a heat recovery Tommy Tomlinson–Keystone Heights unit, which connects a heat pump to a water heater. There’s also Andy Chaff–Orange Park a $175 rebate offered for the installation of a heat pump water Jim Beeler–Palatka & Salt Springs heater. Applications for rebates must be made within 60 days of COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION the date of installation. For more information, call Clay Electric’s L. E. Horne - Manager of Communications Energy Services Division at (352) 473-8000 x8263. Wayne T. Mattox - Editor [email protected] CO-OP OFFERS EMAIL BILLING PROGRAM... With Clay eBill, co-op members can receive electric bill statements via email PUBLISHING, EDITORIAL AND ADVERTISING OFFICES instead of getting a paper bill statement in the mail. The monthly CLAY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. email includes the bill statement as a PDF attachment and links to P.O. Box 308, Keystone Heights, Florida important information from the co-op. Clay eBill participants can 32656 Telephone (352) 473-8000 POSTMASTER: In using Form 3579, please give pay the bill online by clicking the “pay my bill” link in the email, key letter and mail to KILOWATT, P.O. Box 308, or utilize any of the co-op’s other payment options. Keystone Heights, FL 32656. 2/KILOWATT SEPTEMBER 2010 The General Manager’s Report Ricky Davis The people you send to Tallahassee and Washington will decide critical energy issues ou can’t miss the fact this have learned over the years, de- area. Yis an election year, with the cisions made in Tallahassee and For state TV channels saturated with Washington can affect all of us, candidates, scores of campaign ads tout- through new rules and regula- we asked them if they fa- ing this or that candidate. And tions, new taxes, and a myriad vored allowing utilities to use the campaigns will only get of other ways, including even a diversified generation fuel more intense as the November our health care. mix (coal, natural gas, nuclear, general election date nears. The That’s certainly the case with renewables, etc.) to produce political pundits are offering energy. Over the years, a vari- electricity. The state has pushed up their opinions as well, in an ety of local, state and federal utilities into relying more on effort to sway us toward one fees and taxes have been added natural gas as a generation candidate or another. It’s really to consumers’ electricity bills. fuel. It’s cleaner burning than enough to make your head These fees and taxes have little coal, but if a supply shortage spin. or nothing to do with the cost occurs (due to a hurricane, for But make no mistake - this of generating power or provid- example), utilities would be is an important election sea- ing service. They just create hard pressed to keep the power son. Decisions we make in the revenue for the various levels flowing. The second question voting booth in November can of government. involves the imposition of a have far-reaching consequenc- The Florida Legislature will Renewable Energy Portfolio, es. Who we choose will deter- likely face some critical energy which would force utilities mine the amount of taxes we issues during its 2011 session. to obtain up to 20 percent of pay as individuals, the amount In Congress, lawmakers will their electricity from renewable of rules and regulations we likely face efforts to pass a energy sources, which are more face as business owners, and Cap-and-Trade bill, and may be costly forms of generation. even how much we’ll pay for asked to rein in the federal En- For the federal candidates, electricity in the years ahead as vironmental Protection Agency we asked them if they felt the consumers. (EPA) before it regulates carbon EPA should regulate green- It’s important that we know dioxide and other greenhouse house gases (rather than the positions of the candidates gases. These issues could have Congress), and their position come Nov. 2. We all have spe- a huge impact on the future of Cap and Trade legislation, cific issues that we use to judge cost of electricity, as well as the which would impose a cap on the qualifications of the can- price you pay for other forms carbon dioxide emissions and didates we intend to support. of energy. create a trading scheme for Some of us look at a candidate’s To help you sort out the posi- CO2 emissions credits. position on one issue, while tions of the various candidates We urge you to consider the others might judge a candi- to state and federal offices on candidates’ positions on these date’s position on multiple these energy questions, our issues, because the people you issues. Member & Public Relations send to Tallahassee and Wash- Participating in the electoral Department created four ques- ington will make decisions that process means we must be tions (two for state offices and will impact your cost of elec- informed, and we should know two for federal offices) and tricity in the years ahead. whether or not the people we sent them to the candidates We encourage you to vote on vote for are likely to look out facing elections in November. Nov. 2. Please, carefully con- for our interests when they The candidates that received sider the candidates and the travel to Tallahassee or Wash- the survey represent districts issues, and choose wisely.